"I am positive that someone out there will know him," — Trooper James Surmick, PSP.

State police in Hazelton were looking for leads on a man who they said used a fraudulently-obtained debit card to make purchases under a woman's name in Lancaster County.

Pennsylvania State Police

Hazleton state police Trooper James Surmick said the man, who was photographed making purchases at two Kmart stores in Lancaster, apparently obtained a Hazelton woman's debit card information and used it to activate a credit card. The man then used the card to purchase three video game systems at the Kmart stores at 1890 Fruitville Pike and 2600 North Willow Street Pike in Lancaster County, Surmick said.

"This type of incident is becoming a huge problem," Surmick wrote in reply to a PennLive email requesting further information. " ... the victim did not lose her card and she still had the card in her possession at the time of this incident."

The purchases were apparently made around April 4 and a police report was filed shortly afterward, but the man seen in the surveillance photos was not identified as of Monday evening.

"I am positive that someone out there will know him," Surmick added.

Anyone with any information regarding the access device fraud or the identity of the suspect was asked to call Trooper Surmick at PSP Hazleton at 570-459-3890.

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